A 16-year-old playing with a gun at the Springfield Complex Apartments shot and killed someone, the Tallahassee Police Department said of what would become the city and county's 48th shooting of 2019.

After the shooting, the teen hid the gun before first responders arrived, according to investigators.

A city spokesman said the shooting appeared accidental.

The teen was taken to TPD headquarters, questioned and charged with homicide - negligent manslaughter, possession of a weapon or ammunition by a Florida delinquent, and evidence tampering. The juvenile was later taken to the Juvenile Detention Center for booking.

Officers responded to the shooting at 1700 Joe Louis Street at about 5:20 p.m. after receiving word that someone was shot. The victim was transported to a local hospital for treatment, but later died.

TPD provided few other details including the name, age or gender of the victim. The agency provides little information about active investigations and does not release any information about victims, pointing to its interpretation of Marsy's Law.

In this case, TPD said it also wasn't releasing the suspect's photo or name due to the Victim's Bill of Rights law that was voted into the Florida Constitution last year.

Twelve people have been killed and as many as 39 people have been injured in 48 shootings this year in the capital city and Leon County, according to a Tallahassee Democrat interactive analysis of local gun violence. Six of those shootings have occurred in the last month, including three that have been fatal.

The case wasn't the first time where young men playing with guns ended tragically.

Earlier this year, a 20-year-old was charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of Ralph Cherima after the duo was pointing a handgun at each other while playing video games at the Commons Apartment and the weapon discharged. In 2016, 16-year-old Travon Rollins, an upcoming junior at Rickards High School and football player, was killed in an accident that stemmed from a group of teens playing with a gun that had been stolen. A 15-year-old was charged for manslaughter in that shooting.

TPD's Violent Crimes Unit is investigating the latest case. Investigators ask anyone with information about the case to call them at (850) 891-4200 or Crime Stoppers at (850) 574-TIPS.